Fatalism

1. Logical Fatalism

Aristotle: De Interpretatione, Chapters 9-10

2. Cicero on Fate

Cicero, De Fato 1-21

Epictetus, Discourses, 2.19.1-5

3. Stoic Compatibilism

Cicero, De Fato 21-48

Aetus Gellius, 7.2

4. Epicurean Libertarianism

Lucretius: Selections from On the Nature of Things

O'Keefe: "Freedom and Determinism"

5. Theological Fatalism

Boethius: Consolation of Philosophy, Book V

6. Contemporary Fatalism

Van Inwagen: "Fatalism" §2.1-2.3 (55-62)

Taylor: "Fate"

7. Contemporary Fatalism II

Taylor: "Fatalism"

8. Contemporary Anti-Fatalism

Van Inwagen: "Fatalism" §2.4-2.5 (62-73)

9, Contemporary Anti-Fatalism

Van Inwagen: "Fatalism" §2.6-2.7 (73-83)

10. Contemporary Compatibilism

Perry: "Compatibilist Options" (§6)

Remainder of semester

Supervised research on senior thesis project